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Union Solidarity aims to build a mass based united front campaign on the ground to defeat the repressive IR laws. Union Solidarity is a wide network of affiliated community and welfare organisations and unions with the single aim of building a broad people’s movement to beat back attacks on workers, unions and communities.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Amcor battle heats up.
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Good news today [Tues 8 August] for the workers at Amcor Flexibles in Preston. As the company is going to the IRC at 4pm seeking possible fines against rank and file union members Amcor workers at nine other plants have taken industrial action.
Management at Amcor is attempting to use the full weight of Howard’s IR law to stop a strike at Amcor Flexibles in Preston. The workers walked out on Tuesday 1 August in support of workers targeted for forced redundancy. Please visit the Picketline Amcor Flexibles 29 Bell St Preston (between Chifley Drive and Albert St) Support Amcor workers leaflet: please print and distribute Community assembly roster: Paullie 0402 273 677 contacts Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Joe Montero 0402 679 201, 9486 6306 |